The Writings of the
Fathers and the Saints on the Spiritual Life (Summarized and Simplified
for the Busy Christian)

Oratory of Our Lady of
Guadalupe (Pampanga,
Philippines)

The plans for
the private oratory of Our Lady of Guadalupe were born after
receiving a favor through the intercession of Our Lady under the
said title. The favor was a child eventually baptized Juan Diego.

The realization that ONLY in the apparition in Guadalupe,
Mexico, did God allow the true face of Our Lady as she appears today
in heaven to be imprinted on the tilma of Juan Diego for all men to
see, made the Lay Monastic Community of Caryana to take it upon
themselves to share this treasure to all her children. No other
apparition of Our Lady has been so privileged.

The Spanish
Novena was translated into seven local dialects; Japanese,
Malaysian, Chinese and Thai and freely distributed. Actual sizes and
smaller versions of the miraculous image were distributed to
Bishops, parishes, and seminaries upon request.

On a
pilgrimage to Mexico, former Justice Jose Y. Feria obtained an
authorization from the Abbot of the Basilica of Guadalupe to
propagate devotion to her around the Philippines and Asia. This was
followed with a private audience with the Holy Father, Pope John
Paul II, wherein His Holiness blessed the pilgrim image for the
Philippines and Asia. Justice Feria also gifted the Pope with an
actual size replica of the tilma executed in canvass as a gift from
the community.

Knowing that Our Lady's wish was to build a
chapel in her honor in Guadalupe, the community built the Oratory of
Our Lady of Guadalupe within its compound in Magalang,
Pampanga...hopefully where She can listen to the prayers of her
children. The private oratory was inaugurated with a solemn
Pontifical mass on Dec. 12, 1998.

The community has extended
propagation of devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe to Myanmar, Sri
Lanka, Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong, Japan, Timor, Zambia, Malawi,
Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda and India, as well as to both South
and North America.

The Winnowing Fan hopes ..."to do
what little it could to solve the evils that beset the church."
-Teresa of Avila

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